But even if these users aren't actively using Google+, it
creates a simple way for Google to track users across Gmail,
YouTube, and Maps.

As of October 2013, Google+ had 300 million monthly active users
on the social platform, according to
Re/code. At the same time, Forrester found only 22% of online
adults visit Google+ at least monthly.

Forrester

Last month, the head of Google+ Vic Gundotra jumped ship, which wasn't a
great sign for the platform. This led TechCrunch to report that Google may be
reorganizing Google+ and shifting around the 1,000 to 1,200
employees working on Google+, hinting at a new definition of the
social platform. The
thought is that Google would strip down Google+ intoseparate services for video
chatting, instant messaging, and photo storage.

And users seem to
be loving
the photo toolon Google+, so this
could possibly work out well. The tool lets
you store your photos in albums that are
automatically organized and edited by Google's algorithms. Google
Hangouts is also a fantastic alternative to Skype. It's just that
Google+ as a social network never quite took off.

The Highlights feature is
one of the best things about Google+.Screenshot

Some reports even hint to Google possibly
disbanding the platform in the near future. Developers who had
been using Google+ log in on their sites reported they saw an
option tosign in with Googleinstead of Google+. Google's response was
that they're always testing things, but who knows what will
happen to the Google+ login.

"The service has been growing tremendously," Page told The New York Times. "People are always like,
'Oh, what’s going on?' But for us, we're super excited about it
because it's a big service, growing continuously, since we
launched it, at a high rate, and we’re making it better and
better every day."